Evil Marc Burnett, 20, conformed to the stereotype when he killed Robert Gemmell in April 2010.

Burnett stabbed his 21-year-old victim in the neck with a butcher’s knife in a Glasgow flat.

The thug was jailed for life for what the judge described as “an appalling and senseless killing”.Robert was one of 97 people murdered in Scotland in 2010-11, compared with 82 the previous year.

The stats show 73 per cent of suspects had been drinking and 63 per cent of victims were stabbed.

The report also found:

? 45 per cent of the accused were aged 16 to 30. ? In 88 per cent of cases where the relationship could be determined, the victim knew the suspect.

Karyn McCluskey, co-director of Scotland’s Violence Reduction Unit, said: “Every single one of these murders is a failure by Scottish society.” She added: “We have to be more challenging at looking at alcohol and its link with violence ... This is everybody’s issue.”